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As Armenian fish farming expands, a pristine aquifer is drying up
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As Armenian fish farming expands, a pristine aquifer is drying up

In recent decades, aquaculture has proliferated in Armenia’s Ararat Valley. The heightened use of water, combined with a warming climate and increased drought, has led to groundwater reserves shrinking by two-thirds, once-bountiful farms withering, and wells going dry.
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armenia forests energy
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Armenia reckons with climate change and its Soviet past through reforestation

A four-year fuel blockade in the 1990s threatened the tiny country's forests. Ever since, it's been replanting its trees - a task that's more complicated than expected.

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As tensions rise in the Southern Caucuses, water shortages continue
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As tensions rise in the Southern Caucuses, water shortages continue

The decades-long conflict has left water supply networks in disrepair and exacerbated water shortages for civilians in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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Climate change: warning from 'Antarctica's last forests'
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Climate change: warning from 'Antarctica's last forests'

What's really significant, though, is that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was very similar to what it is today - at around 400 CO2 molecules for every million molecules of air.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Opinion: Trump allies aim to take U.S. energy policy back in time

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Puerto Rico’s climate scientists lose federal support amid new Trump policies

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Paris tests public support for green streets by voting on car-free zones

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Court ruling against Greenpeace sends warning to protest groups nationwide

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EPA dismantles decades of work on environmental justice